didny

didny

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪdni/

Contraction

didny

1. (chiefly Scotland) did not
   • 2010, Karen Campbell, Shadowplay, Hachette UK →ISBN

     'But I didny fucking do it.'

     'Didny do what? Didny stalk me through the woods?

   • 2011, Anges Owens, Agnes Owens: The Complete Novellas, Birlinn →ISBN

     'I thought ye didny know the barman's name.'

     'I knew his name. It wis ma freen' here that didny.'

   • 2012, Edwin Morgan, New Selected Poems, Carcanet →ISBN

     Well, I got going, then the other two, but if you ask me they didny do much, they'd had a right skinful and they were – anyhow, I don't remember much after that, it all goes a bit hazy.

Related terms

• didnae